Sr Mgr, Product Management - RF & Antenna (Remote)

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans to meet sales and profit targets.
As part of the DDN business unit, the Micro Markets team is a growth driver with a focus on enabling customers in broad industrial markets as they evolve their data connectivity needs IoT and Edge AI/connectivity applications.

The Sr. Manager Product Management will lead a team of Product Managers to act with an entrepreneurial spirit and manage the portfolio with a GM mindset. This role requires strong strategic thinking and experience working across regions. With responsibility for overall product portfolio leadership in order to meet revenue and gross margin targets, this role must closely collaborate with colleagues in Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Marketing to gain alignment and drive the successful execution of the product roadmaps.

What your background should look like:

Market Sensing & Strategy Development

• Articulate market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape
• Define application and market segment–specific value propositions that beat the competition
• Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking

Develop product roadmaps and manage product lifecycle that aligns with business strategy

• Design go-to-market strategy, inclusive of channel strategy and partnerships
• Develop Business Plan
• Define resource requirements necessary to execute the product roadmap and growth strategy
• Establish pricing policy
• Develop the annual operating plan (Sales and gross or standard margin)
• Engage with customers to better understand their needs and ensure our product plans are aligned to their strategic priorities

Execution – New Product Development & Launch

• Plan product launches, including the development of marketing and sales plans, and competitive, market-based pricing
• Provide demand forecast inputs to S&OP
• Attend customer meetings in support of winning new business
• Exercise thought leadership

Execution – Growth and Product Lifecycle Management

• Manage the P&L (sales and gross or standard margin) for the assigned portfolio
• Deliver sustained profitable growth
• Enable sales to promote product line via training and the development of collateral materials that help articulate the value proposition
• Manage special price requests
• Track progress to the business plan and facilitate resolution to gaps
• Be the champion for resolution of product issues (e.g. quality, delivery, etc.)

Talent Management

• Manage, energize, and motive a multi-cultural team of product managers located around the globe
• Support ongoing development and career planning for the team
   

Skills, Experience and Education

• 4-year technical degree required
• 10+ years of product management, sales, business development or relevant P&L management experience preferred
• RF or Antenna experience is a strong advantage
• Understand the antenna eco-system including module vendors, system integrators, OEMs
• Familiarity with trends in Edge connectivity
• Strong business acumen with an ability to understand and navigate technically complex concepts
• Creative and innovative thinker able to provide input on the development of the product strategies and the relevant business plans with the ability to execute
• Proven ability to multi-task and drive results in a dynamic, high paced environment
• Strong interpersonal, planning, organization, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to influence cross functional teams both internally and externally
• Advanced presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to foster understanding and acknowledgement of critical information both up and down the organization
   

Competencies